At least 270 Khasia families are at risk of losing everything as a local Awami League leader wants to set up a tea garden on a 600.7-acre Khasia land. The Ministry of Land approved Mahi Tea Estate’s application of taking the land on lease for a tea garden based on the improper report, they added. However, in 1989 and 1990, the Ministry of Land and Moulvibazar deputy commissioner’s office allocated most of the land to 29 Khasia families. The Managing Director of Mahi Tea Estate Md Kamal Hossain said: “As far as I know the land is not a Khasia property. Khasias grabbed the tea garden land.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 28, 2017 17:48 UTC